Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 415 Preparing to Send Troops
Since the imperial army had withdrawn to the capital, Lu Tang and others did not pay so much attention to the search. The army dispersed into small teams and searched everywhere.

Abu alone took a few close followers and led a small team all the way west along the official road. However, he did not go into the mountains to search like other teams, but went straight to the capital with a clear goal.

He doesn't have as many thoughts as others, he just wants to avenge Xiao Qing!
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Li Wei finally made it down Zhongshan after going through all kinds of hardships. His clothes were torn by the messy branches along the way, and there were so many blood channels on his arms that he looked extremely embarrassed.

After walking down Zhongshan Mountain, he walked along the official road in the direction of Yangzhou. However, he didn't know what was going on outside. In order to barely encounter the officers and soldiers for interrogation, he did not dare to walk on the main road without crossing the roads on both sides of the official road. Huanglin staggered forward.

The capital is nearly a hundred kilometers away from Yangzhou. It would be better to take a boat or ride a horse, but it would be very strenuous on foot. It might take less than four or five days to get there.

In fact, this was nothing to the ancients, but it was difficult for him. After walking for two days, he couldn't walk anymore. He sat on a dirt slope and looked at the official road below and sighed:
"Hey, I didn't expect that I, a dignified time traveler and a well-known figure in the Ming Dynasty, would be blocked by this small road of hundreds of miles."

When he came down from the mountain, he brought some dry biscuits, and he has finished eating them now. Now he is not only tired, but also hungry.

After resting for a while, he forced himself to stand up again, brushed the dust off his butt, walked down the slope, and without caring about being exposed or not, he walked forward along the official road.

Even if he is discovered by officers and soldiers, it is better than dying of exhaustion and starvation on the road.

As he was slowly walking forward with difficulty, there was a faint sound of horse hooves in front of him.

Li Wei was shocked. In this era, those who could ride a horse were either rich or noble, and there was a high possibility that they would be officers and soldiers.

After hesitating for a moment, he sighed and continued to move forward with a resigned look on his face.

After a while, as the sound of horse hooves became louder and louder, a small team of dozens of soldiers and horses approached from far away.

Li Wei stopped, looked at the approaching soldiers and horses, and waited quietly.

After all, he was the prince-in-law. Even if he was caught by the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, nothing could be done to him. He had to be handed over to Zhu Yuanzhang for disposal.

As these people approached, Li Wei suddenly let out a light sigh. When he saw the appearance of the general leading the team, he was overjoyed: "Abu?"

Abu led a small team of soldiers and horses, and noticed Li Wei on the roadside from a distance. Although it was difficult to recognize his embarrassed appearance at this time, as a master and servant who had been with him for many years, he still recognized him at a glance.

However, after recognizing Li Wei, he had no intention of slowing down. Instead, he snorted softly and continued on his way as if he hadn't seen him.

"Abu, it's me, Li Wei! Great, I didn't expect to meet you here." Li Wei shouted with surprise and ran forward.

However, Abu turned a blind eye to him and galloped past him on horseback.

Li Wei was stunned and suddenly said in a panic: "It's me! Stop it!"

Abu ignored him, but some of the other soldiers passing by recognized him. They quickly stopped their horses and shouted at Abu: "Sir, it's the father-in-law!"

With that said, these soldiers quickly dismounted and came to Li Wei, but there were still a few close followers who continued on their way with Abu.

Li Wei's face darkened and he ordered: "Go and stop him!"

"Yes!" The soldier was stunned for a moment and agreed quickly, and then he led a man on horseback to chase after him. Li Wei also asked for a horse to follow.

After chasing for several miles, these soldiers finally intercepted Abu and several of his cronies. After a while, Li Wei also rushed over and came to Abu.

"You can't see a big man like me?" Li Wei asked loudly.

"Huh!" Abu snorted coldly and ignored it.

When Li Wei was arrested last time, he had them all evacuate overseas first. Chen Su deliberately concealed the news of Xiao Qing's death. He didn't know until overseas that he wanted to come back for revenge but was blocked by others. What should I say? It was impossible without Li Wei's intention, so he was very angry.

Li Wei looked at him and asked in a slow tone: "Where are you going?"

"I will go to the capital to avenge Xiaoqing." Abu said coldly.

"Are you just going to take revenge? I think you are clearly going to die!" Li Wei said angrily.

"You don't have to worry about it! I am Xiaoqing's brother, and I will never forget her hatred!" Abu said with resentment in his tone.

Li Wei's expression darkened. He also understood why Abu had such an attitude towards him. It was just because he had not taken action and repeatedly blocked him from going.

"I will never forget what happened to Xiao Qing. You go back with me now, and then you can follow me when the army is reorganized." Li Wei said softly.

Abu glanced at him and asked, "Are you really going to avenge her?"

"Of course!"

Abu stared at him and said seriously: "I'm not talking about Sapphire."

Li Wei was stunned for a moment, and after a slight hesitation, he sighed softly and said, "Don't worry."

After hearing this, Abu's attitude became slightly better and asked: "Then what are you going to do?"

"Follow me back to Yangzhou first." Li Wei said softly.

Nowadays, the situation is complicated. Although he has learned some information from Zhang Sanfeng in the past few days, it is not comprehensive. He still has to wait until he returns to Yangzhou to understand it clearly before making any plans.

"it is good!"

Now Abu didn't insist anymore and nodded in agreement.

Then he and Li Wei rode away together.

With these troops, Li Wei finally no longer had to worry about the hundred-mile journey. He simply ate something on the way and returned to Yangzhou City in less than a day.

After entering the city, he did not go back to his own mansion, but went to Guo Ying's Marquis' mansion first.

"You should first send someone to call Lu Tang, Chen Su and others back."

Li Wei ordered softly.

He just came back, Lu Tang and others didn't know yet, and they were still searching everywhere.

"it is good."

Abu agreed and went down to make arrangements.

After he left, Li Wei first found a bedroom to rest for a while. During this period of time, he first slept in the mountains and then traveled hard, which really tired him out.

I don't know how long it took, but when he woke up, the sky was already getting dark.

"Here comes someone." Li Wei shouted softly as he sat up from the bed.

The guard outside the door heard the voice and walked in quickly: "Master."

Li Wei rubbed his eyes and asked, "What time is it now? Have Lu Tang and the others returned?"

"Back to my lord, it's now the You hour. Master Chen and Master Lu have already returned. Seeing that you were resting, they went to the lobby to wait." The guardian replied.

Li Wei frowned slightly when he heard this: "You should wake me up."

Time is tight now, and he doesn't want to delay.

"Yes, I understand my mistake!" the guard lowered his head and said.

Li Wei waved his hand and didn't blame him anymore. He got up from the bed and walked out the door.

In the lobby, Lu Tang and Chen Su, as well as Lu Hong, Xie Feihu and others gathered here to wait for Li Wei, and they exchanged words with each other from time to time.

However, their expressions at this time were very different from before, with relaxed smiles on their faces.

Li Wei is their backbone, and now that the backbone is back, they naturally don't have to worry so much. Even if the decision made by Li Wei does not go as they want, they believe it will be the right one.

Everyone waited for a while, and Li Wei finally walked over.

"Master!"

"teacher!"

"Prince-in-law!"

Everyone greeted him one after another, but the names were different and a bit confusing.

Although Li Wei was deprived of his title and technically now only has the status of consort, Chen Su and others knew that he didn't like it so they still called him "gongye", while students like Lu Hong and Xie Feihu always called him "teacher".

The remaining people who called him Prince Consort were Chen Shan and Li Zhuang, the original guards at the Prince Consort's residence.

"No need to be polite, just sit down."

Li Wei nodded gently to everyone and came to sit down at the main seat. Everyone sat down after him.

"Tell me, what's going on outside now?" Li Wei asked softly.

Everyone looked at each other, and then Xie Feihu took the lead and said: "Teacher, since you were kidnapped by that sloppy old Taoist, we have been searching everywhere. Then the court learned about Yangzhou, but they did not come to attack Yangzhou. Instead, you searched for your whereabouts like we did, so we didn’t rush to retreat and stayed.”

Li Wei was stunned for a moment, a little surprised by this.

But after thinking about it, I quickly understood Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts.

As the saying goes, "If you can't use it, kill it." Naturally, we can't let him fall into the hands of others. Without him, it would be difficult for his men to achieve great things. It would not be too late to deal with these people when they find him.

Li Wei nodded lightly and motioned for Xie Feihu to continue.

Xie Feihu continued: "Then news came from the capital that the prince suddenly died violently. Then Li Shanchang, Lu Zhongheng and other nobles contacted Lan Yu to launch a rebellion. The outer city of the capital has been breached by them and they are now attacking the imperial city."

When he heard that Zhu Biao was dead, Li Wei couldn't help being shocked and felt a little disappointed.

Unexpectedly, the prince died, and died so suddenly. Needless to say, someone must have secretly killed him.

After a moment of silence, he exhaled softly and asked, "Is there any news about King Jin and King Yan during the Northern Expedition?"

Xie Feihu shook his head slightly when he heard this: "Our people have already withdrawn, and we don't know much about the situation in the north."

Li Wei nodded, then looked at Lu Hong, Jiang Long and others: "You have fought with them in the Northern Expedition. Tell me what you think."

Several people looked at each other, and Jiang Long was the first to speak: "From my observation, these two princes are quite organized in leading their troops, and they have the style of generals. This time, although they have the advantages of troops and firearms, they can do it so easily The ability of Nai'er Buhua and others to surrender should not be underestimated, and their ability to manage the army is also very good, otherwise we would not have brought back more than 10,000 people. "

Lu Hong nodded: "Yes, in this Northern Expedition, they did not touch our people at the beginning, but after the victory, they immediately began to install their cronies and promote new people, and these people are also meritorious people. Promotion It must be well-founded and convincing.”

Li Wei couldn't help frowning after hearing this. Although Zhu Yuanzhang's sons had done many illegal things like Xungui, their abilities were also very outstanding. In time, they would not be worse than these noble generals, especially Zhu Di, the later conqueror. The Great Emperor was also an expert at leading troops in war.

Although the situation in the capital is complicated now, vassal kings from various places have grown up, and there are two vassal kings, Zhu Fan and Zhu Di, who hold military power. They are eyeing them. No matter who controls the capital, they will face their siege in the future, and even There won't be any chance to breathe.

After everyone finished talking, Li Wei couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Seeing this, Chen Su took the opportunity to speak: "Master, in my opinion, we are very confident that we can control the capital by sending troops now. At that time, we only need to control the imperial court in the name of King Qin who enters the capital, and we can threaten The emperor ordered the princes, as long as we develop and grow for a period of time, we can accomplish great things!"

Xie Feihu, Ma Siliu and others couldn't help but frowned when they heard this. They knew that Chen Su's so-called great achievements were nothing more than seizing the throne and becoming emperor, but Li Wei had told them about the new concept, and they had also told them in Yangzhou According to this new concept, which has always been promoted, we can no longer follow the old imperial and feudal rules, otherwise it will be equivalent to breaking our own words.

However, veteran generals such as Jiang Long and Shi Jun all supported Chen Su's approach. Although they had heard the theories on equality mentioned by Xie Feihu and others, they did not take it to heart, and they would not really take it seriously. Go ahead and follow these instructions.

After all, who doesn't want to be an emperor? Who doesn’t want to be superior to others?
If Li Wei becomes emperor, even if they follow the dragon's merits, they will follow the title of marquis and worship the prime minister, and they will become extremely popular ministers.

In addition to these old generals, there are also many others in the army who have this idea. Even some Yangzhou soldiers who have heard the ideas of Xie Feihu and others are also a little undecided.

Li Wei glanced at Chen Su, shook his head slightly and said, "You are thinking too simply. Your Majesty is not a person who will give in. Even if we really capture the capital, I am afraid we will only be known as regicide. He was besieged by the vassal kings and guards of the world."

Zhu Yuanzhang dared to use himself as bait not only because he had a complete plan and great confidence, but also because he had put life and death aside.

After all, the founding emperor was a commoner who rose up step by step. He would definitely not be like those kings who had subjugated their country and were controlled by others and had to accept the mercy of others. It was impossible to use him to blackmail the vassal kings everywhere.

Chen Su also frowned when he heard this, and had to admit that Li Wei's words did make sense.

"What should we do? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We must seize it. Otherwise, when the court calms down, we will have no choice but to flee overseas." Jiang Long asked worriedly.

Shi Jun, Lu Tang and others also looked at him, and Abu on the side looked even more displeased.

Li Wei glanced at everyone, and then said seriously: "We will definitely fight. In this way, after we break the city, we will first take the weapons bureau. After we capture the weapons bureau, we will decide based on the situation!"

Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

Li Wei then ordered: "Chen Su, Xie Feihu, you two are responsible for integrating Yangzhou's troops. Jiang Long and Lu Hong, you lead the rear horses of the original navy. Everyone is under Lu Tang's command, waiting for orders and ready to send troops at any time." !”

"I obey my orders!"

(End of this chapter)